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More Of The Monkees Super Deluxe Edition Available December 15

MONKEES REISSUE SERIES CONTINUES WITH
SUPER DELUXE EDITION OF MORE OF THE MONKEES

Three-CD Collection Features Stereo And Mono Mixes Of The Original Album,
Plus 55 Previously Unreleased Tracks, Including The Band’s Earliest Live Recordings

Available December 15 Exclusively From Rhino.com And Monkees.com

LOS ANGELES – The Monkees’ most successful album will be celebrated with a three-disc Super Deluxe Edition that features 55 previously unreleased tracks, including newly discovered concert recordings from 1967 that are the band’s earliest-known live tracks.

MORE OF THE MONKEES: SUPER DELUXE EDITION will be available on December 15 for $59.98. Limited to just 4,500 numbered copies, the collection is available exclusively from www.monkees.com and www.rhino.com. Similar to Rhino’s other Monkees releases, the music comes housed in a hardbound 7” x 7” box with a bonus 7” vinyl single of “I’m A Believer” (Remix) b/w “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone” (Vocals Only).

“This is the most exciting archival dig through The Monkees’ vault since 2009’s Birds, Bees & The Monkees: Deluxe Edition. Every track is newly mastered for this set; the live material is the most historically significant of their career,” says Andrew Sandoval, who produced the set and wrote a new essay for its expansive booklet.

The Monkees’ second studio album, More Of The Monkees, remains the group’s biggest selling album, racking up a staggering 70 weeks on the Billboard chart. The album stayed at #1 for 18 weeks in 1967 alone, and became the third bestselling LP of the 1960s. It features unforgettable songs like, “I’m A Believer,” “She,” “Mary, Mary” and “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone.”

Just in time for the album’s 50th anniversary, MORE OF THE MONKEES: SUPER DELUXE EDITION significantly expands the special edition of More of the Monkees released in 2006. Along with mono and stereo mixes of the original album, the Deluxe Edition takes listeners into the studio for the making of the album through extensive studio outtakes. Many make their debut here, including the first recorded versions of: “Words,” “Valleri,” “Hold On Girl” and more. Backing tracks for early version of “Sometime In The Morning,” “I’m A Believer” and “Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)” offer a behind-the-scenes perspective on the creative process.

However, the set’s most historic aspect is the inclusion of newly discovered unreleased live music. Recorded in Arizona in 1967, these 10 songs are The Monkees’ earliest-known live recordings. The performance highlights songs from the band’s 1966 self-titled debut (“I Wanna Be Free” and “Papa Gene’s Blues”), along with covers of Ray Charles’ “I Got A Woman” and Willie Dixon’s “You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover.”